Steibelt

(stl-belt), Daniel, pst. b. Ber- lin, 1765; d St. Petersburg, Sept. 20, 1823. Studied with Kirnberger; published sonatas and gave concerts m Saxony, etc., before coming to Paris 1790; superseding J. D. Hermann and Pleyel became favorite pst. and teacher; opera RomSo et Juliette succe ful 1793; leaving Paris for debts, etc 1797, won renown m London; German tour 1799 mcluded disastrous challenge to Beethoven; brought out Haydn’s Creation, Paris, 1800, and revisited citv 1805-08; after further tours, condr. of opera in St. Petersburg 1810; his pf music is of melodramatic style (L’Orage, finale of 3d concerto, was played widely); also composed operas.